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Amas

CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN MUSICALS

A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

NOVEMBER 2 – 24

5New Musicals!IN DEVELOPMENT

2 ONE-NIGHT-ONLY Special Events

November 4 @ 3 & 7pm • November 5 @ 7pm FREE

KEATON AND THE WHALE

book and lyrics by Molly Reisman

book and music by Emily Chiu

music director Benji Goldsmith

directed by Leora Morris

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The 52-hertz whale sings at a frequency higher than any other whale can hear. He is the only one of his kind and is widely known as The Loneliest Whale in the World. No other being has ever communicated with him… Until now.

WINNER! Eric H. Weinberger Emerging Librettist Award

Keaton and the Whale is sponsored by

Kermitt Brooks, Willette Klausner, Steve Sagman and James White

November 7 @ 3 & 7pm • November 8 @ 7pm FREE

MIGHTY FUNNY KINDA’ LOVE

(A God-sibs’ Tale)

book, music and lyrics by Pamela Baskin-Watson

book by Nedra Dixon

directed byElmore James

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When forbidden love and racial tensions take over a small town, eight women are made to confront their fears from the past, as they give birth to a new vision for the future.

Mighty Funny Kinda’ Love is presented in association with Sam McKelton, Into the Deep Productions, LLC

November 14 @ 4pm • November 15 @ 12pm & 4pm FREE

VICTORY TRAIN

by David Buskin and Jake Holmes

music director Doug Katsaros

directed by Lynne-Taylor Corbett

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In a country torn apart by social upheaval and the escalating war in Vietnam, two young people try to reach across their differences to find love and honor… however, it may take them 40 years.

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November 21 @ 3 & 7pm • November 22 @ 7pm FREE

DUET FOR THREE

by David Caudle

lyrics by Paul James

music by Kay Swift

music director Aaron Gandy

directed by Gabriel Barre

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In 1930, Kay Swift composes Fine and Dandy, the first Broadway hit scored by a woman. Her banker husband James Warburg provides the lyrics as her lover, George Gershwin looks on.

Windywoo must rally her pets when she learns their building is being sold to a rapacious real estate developer and he wants them out! A new musical for young audiences based on the Gemini nominated, CBC/Cartoon Network Animated TV show and the series of whimsical children's books.

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CABARET EVENT • November 2 @ 8pm • ALL SEATS $20!

MISSING PERSON

by Susan Campanaro

music and lyrics by Lynn Portas

directed by Christopher Scott

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Starring Ms. Campanaro. The boozy story of a fallen socialite and one time understudy to Broadway star Betty Buckley, the eternally optimistic Lavinia Draper stumbles and gets up again as she chases her dream of becoming an entertainer.

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BOX OFFICE: 1 Hour Before Curtain

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Amas gratefully acknowledges the performance space for these productions was subsidized by the A.R.T./New York Theatres Rental Subsidy Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York).